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  Many people face a problem when it comes to drawing the controls with rounded corners. So I got down and dirty with some simple drawing and came up with this. All you have to do is to call this Sub Procedure with the parameters passed to it and you are done. Enjoy!   1: Public Sub DrawRoundedRectangle( ByVal objGraphics As Graphics, _ 2: ByVal m_intxAxis As Integer , _ 3: ByVal m_intyAxis As Integer , _ 4: ByVal m_intWidth As Integer , _ 5: ByVal m_intHeight As Integer , _ 6: ByVal m_diameter As Integer , _ 7: ByVal g As Graphics) 8:   9:   10: Dim path As New GraphicsPath() 11: 'Dim g As Graphics 12: Dim BaseRect As New RectangleF(m_intxAxis, m_intyAxis, m_intWidth, 13:

This is my first theme for Google Chrome I have named it urWeb. Supports all resolutions Simple theme, recommended for everyone More coming up You can download it here Download urWeb Chrome theme How to install Download the file Drag the file to Google Chrome and drop it There is no risk in installing this, really, it won’t harm your computer at all Enjoy! For all those interested in making your own themes, you can try the Google App Chrome Theme Builder, or for a start just rename urWeb*.crx to urWeb*.zip. Open the compressed file and see the simple magic. Hope you like it Released under Creative Commons License LGPLv3 © Sarthak Ganguly

One of the scariest games I have ever played in my life, Angry Birds can take your breath away. I spent two sleepless nights after suffering from shock and trauma after I played Angry Birds. The catapults, the laughs of the brutal green pigs give out an eerie aura to the whole atmosphere which is very scary to say the least. Just kidding! One of the funniest games I have ever played, Angry Birds can be both entertaining as well as addictive. The whole gameplay is very simple but the levels become harder as you move up the levels. The whole game is online, your game progress is automatically saved, no hassles. All you need to do is go here http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ There are two versions – Standard Definition(SD) and High Definition(HD) for lower and higher quality graphics versions respectively. Select you option and PLAY!

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I got a new modem from Siti Infeon DNA-A201BE-I from BSNL, my ISP. I got an installation disc, an ethernet cable, a USB cable and a Quick Setup Guide in the box. First I set it up using the Ethernet cable. Then put the Setup disc in the tray and run the Setup.exe file. The Autorun launcher did not work. Running the Setup.exe a BSNL Broadband Setup Wizard started. It checked some requirements like Operating System, Java Runtime, Flash etc. I had to install an older version of Flash to allow the installer to continue. Then I selected Home install. Now it proceeded to the next step, I selected Broadband, other option being Home Network. My LAN card was configured by the installer. In my opinion this was the only useful work it did. Then it asked me to connect my modem so that it could be detected and the registration completed with my UserID and Password. But my modem was not detected . I tried with USB mode, tried discovering my modem otherwise, called up BSNL tech cell(wonder n

What this done is simple. When I click on a Button the progress bar will show for 5 seconds and then some other work can be done. Well, here it is. 'Simple Timer demo by Sarthak Ganguly 'Released under GPLv3 Share Alike License.   Public Class MainFrm 'Say 2 seconds is the default timeout 'You can change it from here or make it a 'property with Get and Set statements 'you can increase it to 3,4,5... seconds Dim timeLimit As Integer = 50 * 100 '(milliseconds) Dim temp As Integer = 0 Private Sub clickBUT_Click( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles clickBUT.Click 'Start the timer aTmr.Enabled = True End Sub Private Sub aTmr_Tick( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles aTmr.Tick 'The timer ticks :) with Step 100ms progBar.Value += OneStep() 'Stop the Timer temp

Dream to test your ‘photoshopping’ skills? Or may be wondering how to get hold of Free CAD software legally, or may be burn discs without resorting to piracy? Some of the answers are here. I will list top 10 free or open source software that are good alternatives to paid software.   Adobe PhotoShop to GIMP It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything.   WinZip to 7-Zip Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z , ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked. Internet Explorer to Google Chrome I need not say anything about this. CuteFTP to Filezilla This free, open-source FTP application is handy if you're looking for a solid tool to handle FTP transfers Mic